>> the tea party, as far as i conceive cal at center. it is very difficult for meets the in any way to discern the presence of the tea party in any state on any race n which they can raise the standard and say, we did it. maybe we will see something change of the course of this evening, but as of right now i don't see that the party as a major factor in this race, and when you think about the power, the energy that it brought to the republican party in 2010, it is as if the republican establishment wanted to crush the life out of the tea party itself, either directly or by simply pushing it away. neil: to that point, the tea party were out in droves to help mitt romney tried to win wisconsin. it is not to be. wisconsin goes to barack obama and its ten electoral votes. that was one of the states that, again, if mitt romney were to lose ohio he had the back a plan of cobbling together wisconsin. his options now, as the night in sues, putting more pressure on winning ohio. >> ohio is becoming increasingly , if i can structure it this way, i